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Agent bio bug bounty call

OpenAI puts $25K on the table. Find the jailbreak in ChatGPT's agent mode.

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Why it matters

OpenAI is crowdsourcing adversarial testing of its agentic systems before wider deployment, signaling both confidence in safety architecture and acknowledgment that internal testing alone is insufficient—a bellwether for how AI labs will approach agent safety governance.

The key facts

10 to know
  1. OpenAI launches Bio Bug Bounty program for ChatGPT agent safety testing

  2. Bounty cap: $25,000 per vulnerability

  3. Focus: Universal jailbreak prompts and agent-specific safety gaps

  4. Program targets researcher community for adversarial validation

  5. Timing: Mid-July 2025, suggesting agent deployment phase

  6. OpenAI launched Bio Bug Bounty program for ChatGPT agents

  7. Up to $25,000 reward per valid vulnerability

  8. Focus: universal jailbreak prompts and agent safety

  9. Open to external researchers

  10. Tests agent behavior under adversarial conditions

Go to the source

OpenAI Blogopenai.com

Publisher excerpt: OpenAI invites researchers to its Bio Bug Bounty. Test the ChatGPT agent’s safety with a universal jailbreak prompt and win up to $25,000.
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